Tuesday, April 21, 2009

ESPN League 1 Update: 2 weeks

After drafting, I had decided this team was going to focus on middle relief, and basically punt wins and strikeouts since ESPN doesn't have max innings pitched. The problem with this strategy is that I didn't have enough quality save guys to make up the lost points, or a really effective WHIP and ERA anchor and innings eater to stabilize the team.
Luckily, there was an abundance of good pitching in the FA pool 10 days or so into the season, and while I am still behind in the pitching stats, I believe I have found some diamonds in the rough and can begin to reclaim some points.
Here's the roster:
C
Matt Wieters
, Bal C DTD



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1B
Mark Teixeira
, NYY 1B



7/345370.206
2B
Ian Kinsler
, Tex 2B



23/50134146.460
3B
Edwin Encarnacion
, Cin 3B



7/362161.194
SS
Jimmy Rollins
, Phi SS



7/464140.152
2B/SS
Aaron Hill
, Tor 2B



23/6384141.365
1B/3B
Ryan Howard
, Phi 1B



15/447290.341
OF
Manny Ramirez
, LAD OF, DH



14/4311270.326
OF
Jason Bay
, Bos OF



12/41103101.293
OF
Nick Markakis
, Bal OF



17/50142160.340
OF
Adam Lind
, Tor OF, DH



19/54113120.352
OF
Elijah Dukes
, Was OF



13/385281.342
UTIL
Carl Crawford
, TB OF



13/546074.241
Bench
Carlos Lee
, Hou OF



11/454280.244
DL
Alex Rodriguez
*, NYY 3B DL15



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Bench


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Brad Lidge
, Phi RP



9738039.451.80
Brandon Morrow
, Sea SP, RP



1367035.791.50
Brad Ziegler
, Oak RP



8226032.571.43
Wandy Rodriguez
, Hou SP



114818101.891.00
Mark Buehrle
, CWS SP



166613203.001.22
Kyle Lohse
, StL SP



136312202.570.76
Kyle Davies
, KC SP



136821102.891.13
Joe Saunders
, LAA SP



13567202.180.92
Kevin Gregg
, ChC RP



6458016.001.83
David Price
, TB SP



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Kevin Millwood
, Tex SP



143414101.170.78

Going into tonight's game, I am in 5th place with 58.5 points in this 10 man league. The offense has started out slow, and the pitching stats are still down, but I'm pretty confident in a top 3 finish, which is a lofty goal considering my indecisiveness with the pitching staff. I was able to snag Kevin Gregg off of waivers too, so that should help boost my relief numbers. At the end of the year I will compare the final roster with the opening day roster and determine if picking up starting pitching was in fact the correct option.

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